Device for supporting shade-rollers.



J. W. BATTES.

DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING SHADE ROLLERS. APPLICATION rum) MAY 13, 1911.

1,046,429. Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

UNTD STATES PATTNT "CE.

J'OHN W. BATTES,OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING SHADE-ROLLERS.

Application filed May 13, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN WV. Burns, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Supporting Shade-Rollers; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for supporting shade-rollers.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a device of the character indicated which is simple and inexpensive in construction and whose component parts are readily assembled.

l/Vith this object in view, and to the end of realizing any other advantage hereinafter appearing, this invention consists in certain structural features, and combinations and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the upper right-hand cornerportion of a window-casing provided with my improved device for supporting a shaderoller. Fig. 2 is a vert-ical section on line 22, Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on line 33, Fig. 1, looking downwardly. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line 44, Fig. 1, looking downwardly. Fig. 4: is drawn on a larger scale than Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the upper right-hand corner-portion of a window-casing to which at the face thereof my improved device for holding a shade-roller is adapted to be attached, which device comprises a sheet-metal plate B which is shown placed against the said face and secured to the window-casing by suitably applied screws G. The plate B is provided (see Figs. 1 and 8) with two apertures 7 and 7 which are spaced horizontally and arranged between and a suitable distance from opposite side edges respectively of the plate.

The plate B is provided at the front of each aperture 7 with a forwardly offset portion 8 which extends from top to bottom of the said aperture and projects far enough forwardly of the face of the body of the plate Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

Serial No. 626,933.

to permit the interposition of an endwise adjustable substantially horizontally arranged slide D between the rear side of the said offset portion and the face of the body of the plate. The slide D is arranged there fore at the face of the body of the plate B and extends substantially horizontally across the rear side of the two offset portions 8 of the plate. Obviously the slide D is held to the said plate by the two said offset portions of the plate. The slide D is provided at one end thereof with a forwardly projecting arm D which has an aperture or opening at for receiving an end bearing of a shade-roller (not shown). The application of shade-rollers to forwardly projecting arms of shade-brackets is too well known in the art to require description and illustration in this specification.

The slide D consists preferably of a sheet metal bar which is arranged substantially horizontally and on edge, and the said bar or slide is provided in its upper edge with recesses d which are spaced longitudinally of the slide.

The plate B is provided adjacent the top edge of the slide D with a forwardly projecting member b which is formed by striking a portion of the said plate forwardly, and the said projecting member is arranged preferably centrally between the two apertures 7 and engages a recess d in the top edge of the slide D, thereby securing the slide in the desired adjustment. Preparatory to the application of the slide D to the plate B, the forwardly projecting member 6 of the plate is in the position shown in dotted lines Fig. 2, and the said projecting member, when the slide has been applied and adjusted endwise to bring the desired recess d adjacent the said projecting member, is bent downwardly to engage the said recess, as shown in solid lines. I would here remark that the projecting member 6 preferably projects forwardly through the engaging recess (Z and somewhat forwardly of the face of the slide so that the said end is accessible should any time the said projecting member have to be bent from the position shown in solid lines, Fig. 2, to the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, to permit a readjustment of the slide.

By the construction hereinbefore described it will be observedv that my improved device for supporting a shade-roller is more especially meritorious on account of its great simplicity and the facility with which the component parts of the device can be assembled.

VVhat- I claim is 1. In a device for supporting a shaderoller, a metal plate adapted to be placed against the face of and secured to a window-casing, which plate is provided with two horizontally spaced apertures and at the front of each aperture has a forwardly offset portion which extends from top to bottom of the aperture and projects far enough forwardly of the body of the plate to permit the interposition of a slide between the rear side of the said offset portion and the face of the body of the plate; and a slide arranged at the face of the body of the plate and extending substantially horizontally across the rear sides of the forwardly offset portions of the plate, which slide is adjustable endwise and provided with a member instrumental in supporting a shade-roller, said slide being provided in one of its longitudinal edges with recesses spaced longitudinally of the slide, and the plate being provided adjacent the said edge with a member which projects forwardly through one of the said recesses and forwardly of the face of the slide.

2. In a device for supporting a shaderoller, a metal plate adapted to be placed against the face of and secured to a window-casing,which plate is provided with two horizontally spaced apertures and at the front of each aperture has a forwardly offset portion which extends from top to bottom of the aperture and projects far enough forwardly of the body of the plate to permit the interposition of a slide between the rear side of the said offset portion and the face of the body of the plate; and a slide arranged at the face of the body of the plate and extending substantially horizontally across the rear sides of the forwardly offset portions of the plate, which slide is adjustable endwise and provided with a member instrumental in supporting a shaderoller, said slide being provided in its top 7 placed against the face of and secured to a window-casing, which plate is provided with two horizontally spaced apertures and at the front of each aperture has a forwardly oflset portion which extends from top to bottom of the aperture and projects far enough forwardly of the body of the plate to permit the interposition of a slide between the rear side of the said ofiset portion and the face of the body of the plate, and a slide arranged at the face of the body of the plate and extending substantially horizontally across the rear sides o'f'the forwardly offset portions of the plate, which slide is adjustable endwise and provided with a member instrumental in supporting a shade-roller, said slide being provided in its top edge with recesses spaced longitudinally of the slide, and the plate being provided adjacent the said edge and centrally between the aforesaid apertures with a pro jecting member which is struck forwardly from the plate and engages one of the said recesses.

In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing specification, in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. BATTES. Witnesses:

B. C. BROWN, N. L. IMoDoNNELL.

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